Black community has story to tell

8:41 AM,
Feb. 15, 2014

Written by

Roger Lovette

Once upon a time when I was pastor I would have an occasional brainstorm - but not often. I thought it might be a good idea to observe Black History Month in our almost-lily-white church. Every Sunday, during that February I planned, we would have someone from the black community to tell their story.

After my fine announcement, one of our members sidled up to me and said, "Why are we doing Black History Month? We're not black. Why don't we do a White History Month?"

I forget what I said but it went something like this: "Well, you know that this church started out of the racial struggle in the 60s and if we ...